Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1869 — The Poor Farmer. [ARTICLE]

The Poor Farmer.

A writer who has no sort of respect for shiftless farmers says: “The poor farmer, vjbose hens roosts in trees daring the storms of winter, complains that they lay no eggs. His cows shiver by the side of the fence, and he complains that the children eat too much butter. He gees to the grocery with a jug in one end of the sack and a stone in the other, and he wipes his nose with his coat sleeve. He thinks those farmers who take agricultural papers, and who read works on farming, are stuck-up farmers. He is down on all book learning. He never has a paper in his house that is of value. Those that are found there belong to the trashy school. In the spring bis sheep flock is seen in pelts hanging on the fence. Reader, have you any farmers of this character in your vicinity f If so, try and buy them out, and send them away, as they are a drawback and a disgrace to any neighborhood.”